Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian missile attack in the West Bank, Red Crescent says

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Palestinian civilian  defence workers inspect the tract  wherever  shrapnel from projectiles fell successful  Beit Awa adjacent   the Israeli-occupied West Bank metropolis  of Hebron connected  March 18, 2026.

Palestinian civilian defence workers inspect the tract wherever shrapnel from projectiles fell successful Beit Awa adjacent the Israeli-occupied West Bank metropolis of Hebron connected March 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP

Three Palestinian women were killed successful an Iranian ‌missile onslaught successful the occupied West Bank precocious ​on Wednesday (March 18, 2026), the Palestinian Red Crescent ⁠said, successful the archetypal deadly Iranian onslaught there, and the archetypal to termination Palestinians, since the commencement of the ‌U.S.-Israeli warfare with Iran. The rocket struck a hairsbreadth salon successful the municipality of ‌Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron, the Palestinian Authority’s ‌official ⁠news bureau WAFA reported. Thirteen were wounded, ⁠one of them seriously.

The Israeli subject said it understood the onslaught was caused by a clump munition, a warhead that splits ​into tiny bomblets that scatter ‌into a disparate area.

Iran-Israel war updates connected March 18, 2026

At slightest 15 radical person been killed successful Israel since Israel and the U.S. launched attacks connected Iran astatine the ‌end of February, sparking a determination conflict.

Iran has ​been sending regular missiles towards Israel, and determination person been nary reports of it ⁠deliberately targeting Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

Most Israelis person entree to weaponry shelters that support them from clump munitions ‌and falling debris, but virtually nary specified shelters beryllium for Palestinians successful the West Bank.

Many Palestinians trust connected either the dependable of sirens from Jewish settlements oregon neighbouring cities successful Israel to alert them to rocket volleys.

The settlements, built connected onshore ‌captured by Israel successful the 1967 Middle East war, are ​regarded arsenic amerciable by astir satellite powers. Israel denies the settlements are amerciable and ⁠asserts a biblical birthright to the land.

The streets successful ⁠the West Bank person been packed successful caller days arsenic galore Palestinian families acquisition sweets ‌and presents successful anticipation of the Eid al-Fitr vacation marking the extremity of Ramadan.

Published - March 19, 2026 04:51 americium IST

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